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By MATTIAS KAREN Associated Press LONDON (AP) — Arsenal conceded a goal after just nine seconds and went 2-0 down in the second half and still stayed on track for the English Premier League title. Substitute Reiss Nelson scored the winner with a fierce volley in injury time as Arsenal recovered to beat Bournemouth 3-2

DUBAI, United Arab Emirates (AP) — Daniil Medvedev has won his 18th tour-level title and third in a row by beating Andrey Rublev 6-2, 6-2 in an all-Russian final at the Dubai Championships. The former No. 1 extended his winning streak to 14 matches in a run that started on Valentine’s Day and includes back-to-back

By MARK ANDERSON AP Sports Writer LAS VEGAS (AP) — Chase Elliott is out indefinitely after undergoing a successful three-hour surgery to repair a fractured tibia, Hendrick Motorsports general manager Jeff Andrews said Saturday. Andrews said there was no timeline on when the star NASCAR driver would return. Elliott injured his left leg Friday while

WOLVERHAMPTON, England (AP) — Wolverhampton has boosted its survival hopes and delivered a damaging blow to Tottenham’s Champions League ambitions in a 1-0 win in the English Premier League. Adama Traore scored in the 82nd minute for his first goal since October to lift Wolves six points clear of the relegation zone. Pedro Porro and

By STEVE DOUGLAS AP Sports Writer Arsenal pulled off a stirring second-half recovery to stay in control of the English Premier League title race by securing a dramatic win over Bournemouth with virtually the last kick of the game in the seventh minute of stoppage time. Reiss Nelson smashed in a left-foot shot from the

BIRMINGHAM, England (AP) — A first-half own goal has handed Aston Villa a 1-0 victory and kept Crystal Palace winless in 2023 in the English Premier League. Center back Joachim Andersen redirected a Matty Cash cross into his own net in the 27th minute in a clash of mid-table clubs at Villa Park. Wilfried Zaha

SIENA, Italy (AP) — Tom Pidcock has soloed to a dominant victory to become the first British rider to win the Strade Bianche. Pidcock’s lead was whittled away on the last of the 11 sections of white gravel roads. Then the Olympic mountain bike champion used astonishing descending skills to extend it again in the

LONDON (AP) — Big-spending Chelsea pulled out a big win to ease some of the pressure on manager Graham Potter by beating Leeds 1-0 in the English Premier League thanks to a rare goal by one of the club’s most expensive signings. Wesley Fofana headed in from a corner in the 53rd minute for the

By CIARÁN FAHEY AP Sports Writer Marius Bülter has scored late for Schalke to win at Bochum 2-0 and leave the bottom of the Bundesliga. Bülter sealed the visitors’ win in the 79th minute following an own goal from Bochum goalkeeper Manuel Riemann in the 45th. It’s Schalke’s second consecutive win in a six-game unbeaten run.

By NICOLAS GARRIGA and BARBARA SURK Associated Press PARIS (AP) — Organizers of next year’s Paris Olympics promised relatively modest prices and egalitarian access to events, thanks to an online system meant to revolutionize ticket sales and bring the masses to stadiums and arenas for as little as $26. As the month-long opening round of

The Associated Press MLS Leaders Through Monday, February 27

SAKHIR World champion Max Verstappen has taken pole position ahead of Red Bull teammate Sergio Perez for the season-opening Bahrain Grand Prix. Perez beat Ferrari’s Charles Leclerc to place second. Perez was .138 seconds behind Verstappen under the floodlights at the desert track in Sakhir. Leclerc starts on the second row alongside Ferrari teammate Carlos

By FAZAL TAWAB Associated Press QUETTA, Pakistan (AP) — A Pakistani national soccer team player who died in a migrant shipwreck off of Italy’s southern coast embarked on the voyage to find medical treatment for her disabled 3-year-old son, her sister and a friend said Saturday. Hospitals had told her that help overseas could be

By MARK THIESSEN Associated Press ANCHORAGE, Alaska (AP) — The Iditarod, the world’s most famous sled dog race, starts Saturday with a fan-friendly ceremonial run through the streets of Anchorage, Alaska’s largest city. The real race starts Sunday in Willow, about 70 miles north of Anchorage. Brent Sass is the defending champion and the odds-on

By GRAHAM DUNBAR AP Sports Writer The 100-minute matches that became routine at the World Cup in Qatar are set to become routine in club soccer. FIFA’s rule-making panel known as IFAB met Saturday. It stresses the need for accurate calculation of time added on for stoppages in play because of injuries, substitutions, time-wasting and